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There’s mixed news for anyone worried that AI is about to wipe out a swathe of today’s well-paid IT jobs: according to a Microsoft Research study of real-world Copilot use, IT roles will be among the most affected by the technology. What’s less clear is whether applying AI to IT will mean that specific roles disappear. It’s just as likely that AI will change the way IT people do their jobs rather than remove the need for them, the study suggested. Being Microsoft’s inhouse chatbot, it makes sense that the authors of Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is continuing his aggressive recruitment campaign for new AI venture Meta Superintelligence Labs. After luring in staff from OpenAI, he has now targeted Thinking Machines Lab — a startup led by Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, Wired reports. According to data provided to the publication, more than a dozen people have received offers from Meta — one of which is reportedly worth

The surveillance-loving UK is in the news again, as Google refuses to deny it received a demand from the UK government to install backdoor access into its services (the same demand it’s made of Apple). It’s yet another illustration of the extent to which the UK, which makes more subject-access requests per head than an

OpenAI’s ChatGPT may be crushing Microsoft Copilot, but Microsoft has a plan. And Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, offered up some clues about that plan on a podcast last week. He said OpenAI is interested in “superintelligence and AGI” — while Microsoft is interested in “craft and delight.” Microsoft wants to create AI life companions, and Suleyman’s appearance on The Colin and Samir Show provided lots of details about what that could look l

Once again, Microsoft software is at the center of a massive global attack that has victimized vital US government agencies and businesses around the world. This time, the security hole is in SharePoint, Microsoft’s widely used collaboration software used to build company and agency websites, manage files and documents, and help people share and work together on documents.  SharePoint also works with Outlook email and Microsoft’s Teams collaboration software, making the hack that much more dangerous. Only on-premises SharePoint servers have t

Every now and then, a new phone feature comes along that really makes you sit up and say: “Now, that’s cool.” Today, my fellow Android-appreciating animal, is one of those days — quite literally. No exaggeration: When I first found and tried out the feature we’re about to go over, just a few moments ago, I sat up straight in my chair, made that vaguely Robert-DeNiro-like weird-mouth face that you make when you’re impressed with something, and said out loud to no one in particular: “Now, that’s cool.” Luckily, I write this column. So what might otherwise come across as crazy can now come across as relatable instead.

When Indian energy giant Nayara Energy sued Microsoft on Monday for cutting off all paid-for services with no notice, it highlighted a relatively new risk for CIOs to worry about.  This goes beyond a vendor not delivering what it was supposed to, or outages that halt services. It raises the ugly scenario of a major partner deliberately cutting off services to an enterprise for any of a wide range of reasons.  In this instance, the cutoff was sought by the European Union (EU), in an attempt to pressure Russia to back off its assaults on Ukraine. But what if the requester was a government that just didn’t like what an enterprise said or did? What if the vendor itself was ups

Experimental AI browsers are previewing new ways of browsing the internet and Microsoft this week joined the fray. The company on Monday introduced “Copilot Mode,” an AI extension designed to automate web browsing and add context to internet content. Users can switch on “Copilot Mode” in Edge for summarization, personalized results, and to compare results across tabs. A chatbot helps users interact with search results and go deeper into searches. “With Copilot Mode on, you enable innovative AI features in Edge that enhance your browser,” said 

India is taking off in America, biting big chunks out of a smartphone market once served by Chinese manufacturing. This trend isn’t particularly surprising to any Apple watcher, but what might be of interest is the absolute speed with which the market is changing. The latest data tells us that the number of smartphones sold in the US, but made in China, tumbled in the second quarter from 61% to 25%. Apple has been a key component in this transformation with its decision to import iPhones for the US market from India. Apple is the “main driver” of change, 

Google is making a strategic play in the AI PC space in a bid to slow Microsoft’s generative AI (genAI) technologies in Windows 11 from gobbling up every desktop. The company is promoting its brand of AI PCs with Gemini AI services integrated into ChromeOS, which is a Linux-based OS in Chromebooks. The goal: make Gemini a viable alternative to Microsoft’s Copilot, which is prepackaged in Windows 11. Microsoft has classified AI PCs as laptops with specialized neural chips that can run genAI tools without an internet connection. The company